i find tire wear on the rear is almost completely dependent on how hard you are on the gas, if your always hard on the gas accelerating u're going to burn it up quick ... case in point? i got 9k on 1 set of Metzelers Z6's mostly interstat'ish like roads and constant speeds ... another set that...
it was not all on this fz6, 16k was on a Kawi 750 and the other 3 mileages were on a super heavy bike a ST1300... that ST it currently has 95k on it. The FZ6 is commuter and track days so its current shoes are Pilot Power 2CT's. They are gummed up on the edges a bit from the track day I did...
i have had 4 sets of michelin pilot roads and they lasted 16k, 18k, 23k and 25k ... so to me they are all long lasting, the higher mileage numbers were achieved on mostly constant speed highway runs
i pulled up next to a guy at the light a few weeks ago and he had scorps on and I had my LV on. and this was just after my track day so I had the silencers out and I could hear his bike but once we got moving I couldn't hear his at all ... I remember how loud the LV were at thetrack, I...
I'm thinking about it but I have alot of expenses right now ... If it sells to someone else no hard feelings I'll keep you in the loop if I can free up some $$
another interesting thing i remeber eating was the bay bugs ... they look like alien face huggers ... no idea where you guys got face hugger looking aliens to taste like 3/4 lbs lobsters LOL....
haha your description almost described this meal I had, it was a 'sampler' had croc, roo, aussie beef, and camel I believe it was ... with some berry sauce and spuds... I get hungry thinking about all the good food we had down there...